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'''Y''' = [[British English|BrE]] (with no 'h' sound) '''whŷ''' ''reason'' | '''Y''' = '''Wŷe''' ''river'' = [[British English|BrE]] (with no '''h''' sound) '''whŷ''' ''reason'' | ||
'''yacht''' *yót does not rhyme with '''bôat | '''yacht''' *yót does not rhyme with '''bôat | ||
'''yàhoo''': [[Jonathan Swift|Swift]] in ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' capitalises it, and the company's name also adds a final exclamation mark: '''[[Yahoo!|Yàhoo!]] | '''yàhoo''': [[Jonathan Swift|Swift]] in ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' capitalises it, and the company's name also adds a final exclamation mark: '''[[Yahoo!|Yàhoo!]] | ||
'''yánk''' ''tug'' = '''Yánk''' ''American'' | |||
'''Yanukôvých''' | |||
'''yàrmulka''' = '''yàrmulke | '''yàrmulka''' = '''yàrmulke | ||
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'''yëarn | '''yëarn | ||
'''[[W. B. Yeats|Yeâts]]''' ''poet'' = '''Yâtes''', more common spelling | '''[[W. B. Yeats|Yeâts]]''' ''poet'' = '''Yâtes''', more common spelling (cf. '''[[John Keats|Kêats]]''') = rarer spelling '''Yeâtes | ||
'''Yeô''' = '''yô | '''Yeô''' = '''yô | ||
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'''Yosémitê''' | '''Yosémitê''' | ||
'''yoû''' = '''Û''' | |||
'''yoúng''' = '''Yoúng''' = '''Yoúnge | '''yoúng''' = '''Yoúng''' = '''Yoúnge | ||
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'''yoûth''' sounds like the beginning of '''euthanâsia | '''yoûth''' sounds like the beginning of '''euthanâsia | ||
'''yoû’ll''' or '''yŏu’ll''' or '''yoù’ll''' | '''yoû’ll''' = '''Yûle'''; or '''yŏu’ll''' or '''yoù’ll''' | ||
'''ýttrium | '''ýttrium | ||
'''yuàn | '''yuàn | ||
'''Yvétte | |||
'''Yvónne''' = '''Evónne''' | '''Yvónne''' = '''Evónne''' | ||
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with Y. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.
For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]
Y = Wŷe river = BrE (with no h sound) whŷ reason
yacht *yót does not rhyme with bôat
yàhoo: Swift in Gulliver's Travels capitalises it, and the company's name also adds a final exclamation mark: Yàhoo!
yánk tug = Yánk American
Yanukôvých
yàrmulka = yàrmulke
yê you
yeâ yes, cf. nây no (minimal pair)
yéah yes *yé
yêar or yëar
yëarn
Yeâts poet = Yâtes, more common spelling (cf. Kêats) = rarer spelling Yeâtes
Yeô = yô
yeôman
Yeôvil
Yevgény = Evgény, strictly with another, invisible y: *Yevgyény (Евгений)
yìêld
yôdel *yôadle
yógurt (also yóghurt, yóghourt)
yôke oxen = yôlk egg
yŏre days = yŏur you = yŏu're you are
Yosémitê
yoû = Û
yoúng = Yoúng = Yoúnge
yŏur my = yŏu're I'm = yŏre past
yoûth sounds like the beginning of euthanâsia
yoû’ll = Yûle; or yŏu’ll or yoù’ll
ýttrium
yuàn
Yvétte
Yvónne = Evónne